Leaving my husband

I think I want to leave my daughter’s father. We aren’t legally married but we’ve been together for three years now and we have a 18 month old together along with his two other children that are 5 and 6. He just doesn’t listen to me. I could go on and on but then you’d just get bored. I can’t express a negative emotion without him becoming offended or defensive, there is no healthy communication. No matter how I try to break it down or dumb it down for him, it’s like the dots can’t seem to connect. He used to be different. He was more gentle, more kind and understanding. Now it’s as if he thinks I wouldn’t leave him or something? When I tell him I’m bothered because he promised to start taking the trash out but hasn’t lived up to it, he just says “well I guess I don’t do shit then. Just leave me since you say you want to anyways” Why are you not actively trying to solve this issue with me? Why choose to fight instead? I feel like that’s immaturity. It took me weeks to finally express to him that sex feels like a chore, and if he doesn’t get it every other day he complains that I don’t love him anymore. He said that I was wrong, he is my responsibility and sex shouldn’t feel like a chore. Just completely invalidated me. I told him I feel emotionally disconnected and he just said I was wrong. I’m afraid to become a single mom. I know I can do it. I’m lucky, I have my own money, my own car and I have supportive family. I could leave now and I would be okay. But my daughter’s world would just flip upside down. Is my issue enough to disrupt her life forever?
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Sounds like my current situation which I’m planning an exit as we speak. If you have in fact expressed your wants and needs to him, given him time to fix it and he hasn’t met those expectations then just leave. Staying for the child will not only make your life miserable but also the child. Use the resources available to you, and lock in. It gets better. Good luck.

@Kerria thank u so much for ur support.

My sons autistic, he cried the first night but the rest he was fine, the house was calmer and we wasnt walking on egg shells anymore, we wasnt made to feel a burden anymore. Im sure she will adjust and u will to and be better for it, it will take time to see that though but she will see mummy is happyer to

If he's not willing to make it work and put in the work to fix this (or even acknowledge there's a problem), then it's probably time to move on. It only works if you BOTH want to work at it, both admit where you've contributed to the issues. If it's all one-sided and he's given up, it's sadly time to consider that it's over. It's there's a chance though and you're still willing, seize on it, get into therapy.

I promise you her life will be more disrupted watching a dysfunctional relationship where her mother isn’t respected than you deciding this is no longer what you want ❤️ Sending you all the courage and positivity

I’ve felt like this many times and the only thing that helped was doing couples therapy together for some reason when a logical person is added to the mix the dots will start connecting. If he still doesn’t get it then I think you know the next move

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Omygosh gurl it's because your smarter then him he knows it ,he really really doesnt have a response so no don't leave the poor guy u need calm down give him a chance to talk without u being mean .I feel ur like me so I promise I get u on ur side but ur right that baby is to lil for u to be making big choices like that.i feel .just try to be cool an not put him down he might come around

@Katrina but what if daddy not a bad daddy he shouldn't have to leave because hopefully controlled an un hostile disagreements happen, then need to put that to the side and raise there kid no? It's about that kid getting everything from both parent ,right?

@Victoria and mummy being miserable ? My ex was doing what he did to me to the kids as well. Negative household effects the kids to and of both parents are happier apart wont the kids benefit more. My partner was mentaly and verbaly abusive to both me and my kids so in my case no putting things aside did not work. Me and my kids are now able to communicate, be upset and show emotion and no longer walk on egg shells

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